精

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

精 (radical 119 米+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火木手一月 (FDQMB), four-corner 9592₇, composition ⿰米青)

1. spirit, essence
2. semen
3. sandman

References

• KangXi: page 910, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26997
• Dae Jaweon: page 1336, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3150, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7CBE

---

Cantonese

Hanzi

精 (Yale jing1)

---

Japanese

Kanji

精 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: せい (sei), しょう (shō)
• Kun: しらげよね (shirageyone), くわしい (kuwashii), こころ (kokoro)

---

Korean

Hanja

精 (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

---

Mandarin

Hanzi

精 (pinyin jīng (jing1), Wade-Giles ching¹)

Compounds

• 精采 (jīngcǎi)
• 精子 (jīngzǐ)
• 酒精 (jiǔjīng)

---

Vietnamese

Han character

精 (tinh, tênh)